#Chalkboard Table/Desk

My husband found me this sewing table curbside a few months back.  

I really didn't know what to do with it because the top flips open to a large hole since there was no sewing machine.

I was going to try to think up a way to utilize that hole--like other bloggers have done. In the end, I just screwed the top down so it couldn't open any more.

I painted it with a blue/green oops paint (mixed into DIY chalk paint). I used this same paint on this desk last year too. I envisioned the table next to a twin bed as a night stand, but since it is tall, can also be used as a small desk.

I wanted to do something to the front of it because I didn't want to put the handle back since there is no drawer there.  I remembered I bought a bunch of these wood laser cut symbols from Michaels on clearance.

#JacksonPollockWorkTable

I texted the pic to my friend and asked her if she thought it would be cool if I put the * @ # across the front of the table as a decoration (she has a 13 year old daughter). She said it looked like it was the symbol for a curse word. Doh! Not what I wanted. She suggested using the # somehow.  

After a little brainstorming, I came up with painting out the front panel as a chalkboard and use the # with it. What teenage girl isn't going to want to write a #WordOfTheDay on a table?

Too cute! It just makes sense to have this as a small desk/table for a kid's room. It is so petite, it could squeeze in the smallest kid's bedroom. And the fact that it is desk height makes it even better. #DoubleDuty

On just this side of the table is the only evidence it was a sewing table--unless you flip it over. #You'llNeverKnow 

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